Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
206561000 | With partition | 33 |
20080202977 | Meal Component System - A food preparation method and system comprising: a tray ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080237084 | Magnetic display tray - Disclosed herein is a magnetic display tray for receiving rectangular greeting card boxes for display at a point of sale. The magnetic display tray includes a body that has a plurality of side walls with depressions formed therein. The body further includes a plurality of partitions that define rectangular channels for receiving the greeting card boxes. At least one magnet is adhered to the body for removably securing the body to a metal shelving surface at the point of sale. | 10-02-2008 |
20080264822 | Beverage Glass/Food Sampling Transport and Stabilizing System - A serving tray for stably holding wine glasses and food items simultaneously while suspended by a use or set on a horizontal surface. The tray includes a slot for supporting the stem of a wine glass and a corresponding channel on the underside of the tray for accepting the base of the wine glass in the event that the tray is set down. The underside of the tray may also include a number of supports that assist in spacing the tray apart from a horizontal surface and encouraging the base of the wince glass to remain in the channel formed in the underside of the tray. As a result, when the tray is set down, the wine glasses will not become unstable and the tray will remain balanced. | 10-30-2008 |
20080277309 | Police Vehicle Safety Tray - The present invention is a vehicle-mounted tray adapted to aid a police officer during a vehicle stop by providing a means for securing articles and a means for temporarily restraining a stopped subject so that the officer can be less distracted during the officer's interrogation, frisk, or arrest. The tray is adapted to be mounted to an exterior surface of the police vehicle, preferably the trunk, and one or more compartments are defined on the top surface for securing articles such as evidence or other contraband. A clipboard clip, a light source, and hand-cuff rail are also mounted to the top surface of the tray. The hand-cuff rail is configured as a longitudinal rail raised from the top surface of the tray, which allows for the collection of fingerprints and allows a hand-cuffed subject to be secured to the tray and thus the police officer's vehicle. | 11-13-2008 |
20090090648 | FOOD SERVING TRAY ASSEMBLY HAVING DISPOSAL OPENING WITH DEEP SERVING WELLS - A food serving tray assembly includes a serving platter and a receptacle platter. The serving platter includes a disposal opening and serving wells for receiving food items. The receptacle platter and serving platter releasably couple to one another in a serving configuration and a transport configuration. An improvement includes the serving platter having an outer peripheral wall and a plurality of dividing walls defining and separating adjacent serving wells; and the serving platter being generally received within the outer peripheral wall of the receptacle platter with the bottom of the receptacle platter and the dividing walls of the serving platter collectively isolating the wells from one another when the food serving tray assembly is in the transport configuration. | 04-09-2009 |
20090101537 | Self-opening blister package - A self-opening blister package is provided having a packaging sleeve or carton and a formed tray. The tray includes one or more receptacle cups, which are dimensioned to receive one or more products, such as gum or the like. A peelable membrane is sealed to the tray flange. A leading edge of the membrane is attached to the sleeve. The membrane peels away from the tray when the tray is removed from the sleeve. The peeling action exposes the product contained in the one or more cups. Once the desired amount of product is extracted, the tray can be pushed back into the sleeve and the membrane rolls back over the tray. | 04-23-2009 |
20090120832 | Single hand use baby food and container tray - A tray for holding multiple baby food, baby food jars, containers, plates, bowls and cups designed to be held with one hand by inserting the thumb of a user through a centrally located hole in the tray and using the remaining fingers on the bottom of the tray as support. | 05-14-2009 |
20090200194 | SERVING PLATTER HAVING DISPOSAL OPENING AND SHALLOW SEALING LID - A serving platter includes a main body and a shallow lid. The main body portion includes a top portion defining a serving area comprising a plurality of primary serving wells for receiving food items therein for presentation to a person for eating, and a bottom portion defining a substantially enclosed interior space. The top portion also defines a disposal opening configured to receive there through food waste for deposit into the substantially enclosed interior space. The top portion also includes a plurality of dividing walls that define and separate the primary serving wells. The shallow lid is configured to be removably coupled to the main body such that the lid is positioned above and extends over and seats off the serving area. Each dividing wall is engaged by the lid such that two serving wells are isolated from one another by a dividing wall engaged with the lid. | 08-13-2009 |
20090200195 | SERVING PLATTER HAVING DISPOSAL OPENING AND SHALLOW SEALING LID - A serving platter includes a rectangular, single molded piece having a top portion defining a serving area and a bottom portion. The top portion includes four primary serving wells and four secondary serving wells. The bottom portion defines an enclosed interior space, and the top portion defines a rounded opening centrally located relative to the serving area and configured to receive food waste for deposit into the interior space. The top portion includes four dividing walls defining and separating the four primary serving wells, each dividing wall extending generally linearly away from the rounded opening to an outer peripheral wall of the main body. The top portion further includes four partitioning walls, each partitioning wall extending between adjacent sides of the outer peripheral wall. Each serving well has a volume that is less than half of the volume of each primary serving well. | 08-13-2009 |
20090200196 | USING SERVING PLATTER HAVING DISPOSAL OPENING AND SHALLOW SEALING LID - A method of serving food includes arranging food on a serving area of a serving platter having a main body including a top portion defining the serving area comprising a plurality of primary serving wells and a bottom portion defining an interior space, the top portion defining a disposal opening configured to receive food waste into the interior space, wherein the top portion includes a plurality of dividing walls defining and separating the primary serving wells. The serving platter includes a shallow lid configured to be removably coupled to the main body such that the lid seats off the serving area, wherein each dividing wall is engaged by the lid such that two serving wells are isolated. The method includes securing the lid to seat off the serving area; and removing the lid to uncover the serving area and expose the food and disposal opening. | 08-13-2009 |
20090200197 | USING SERVING PLATTER HAVING DISPOSAL OPENING AND SHALLOW SEALING LID - A method of serving food includes arranging food on a serving area of a serving platter having a main body including a top portion defining the serving area comprising a plurality of primary serving wells and secondary serving wells, and a bottom portion defining an interior space, the top portion defining a disposal opening configured to receive food waste into the interior space, wherein the top portion includes a plurality of dividing walls defining and separating the primary serving wells and a plurality of partitioning walls defining the secondary serving wells. Each serving well has a volume that is less than half of the volume of each primary serving well. | 08-13-2009 |
20090205995 | FOOD SERVING TRAY - The present invention relates to a food serving tray to be used at formal and informal parties. The food serving tray could be made from plastic, ceramic, glass, or other similar material. The food serving tray has a beverage compartment, a handle and a food compartment to allow an individual to pick-up and carry food and a beverage in one hand. | 08-20-2009 |
20090288979 | COMPUTER PARTS ORGANIZER AND ASSEMBLY TRAY FOR ASSEMBLING A COMPUTER - A computer parts organizer organizes various computer parts according to size and quantities of the computer parts. The computer parts organizer is divided into various compartments by one or more removable isolation boards. The computer parts organizer can be attached to an assembly tray via a clip. | 11-26-2009 |
20100051500 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARRANGING,TRANSPORTING, AND/OR SERVING FOOD - A method and apparatus for arranging, transporting, and/or serving food is provided to improve various aspects of food catering. A food handling apparatus includes a base platter having a predefined pattern of food location indicators thereon. Food elements are arranged on the base platter according to the predefined pattern. The apparatus includes food cell members configured to cover the food elements, maintain a separation of the food elements one from another, and protect the food elements from damage. The apparatus includes a lid positioned over the food cell members and attached to the base platter. At a serving location, the food cell members are uncovered from the food cell members, thereby revealing the food elements in the predefined pattern without additional handling of the food elements. The food elements can therefore be efficiently transferred through a food catering logistics chain while maintaining quality and appearance, and reducing contamination and illness. | 03-04-2010 |
20100084309 | Foldable tray for packaging bakery products - A flat foldable tray preferably manufactured from recycled paper content and having sets of fold lines formed therein along which the tray can be bent to create different geometric shapes for packaging a variety of baked goods, or the like. By way of a preferred embodiment, the foldable tray is a square having four sides of identical length. The sides of the tray and the sets of fold lines are aligned with one another to form the sides of one square, one octagon, and three rectangles, each of which having an identical center and lying inside the perimeter of the square tray. Adjacent fold lines which form the sides of each of the inside square, octagon and rectangles intersect one another at the four sides of the square tray. A pair of dividers may be coupled to one another and attached to the foldable tray at upturned corners thereof to create independent storage compartments in which to carry individual baked goods. | 04-08-2010 |
20100108560 | TRAY - A tray which is adapted to be securely and stably carried by a hand of a user, the tray comprising a support portion having an upper surface adapted for supporting the beverages or foodstuffs; a wall portion extending upwardly from the upper surface of the support portion; and a raised portion connected to the wall portion, the raised portion having upper and lower surfaces wherein the lower surface of the raised portion is located above the upper surface of the support portion when the tray is in an operable position the raised and wall portions defining a recess which is laterally accessible the raised portion being adapted to be gripped by the hand of the user whereby the thumb of the user engages the upper surface of the raised portion and the recess is adapted to receive the fingers of the hand of the user so as to enable the lower surface of the raised portion to be engaged by the fingers of the user at the same time that the thumb of the user engages the upper surface. | 05-06-2010 |
20100224531 | MULTIPLE-COMPARTMENT INSULATED FOOD TRAY - The present disclosure provides a multiple-compartment insulated food tray and lid for storage and service. The insulated food trays allow for two or more stacked strays to be mechanically unified using the weight of the top tray on the bottom tray in any orientation where the weight of the second tray remains on the first tray. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, a polymer with foam and blowing agents are used during the molding process to create in a first phase a hard shell in contact with the mold. In a second phase, insulation is created in the hard shell by thermal treatment and expansion of the residual polymer inserted in the mold. In a third embodiment of the present disclosure, the insulated food trays, when stacked, can be placed in a nondiscriminatory arrangement. | 09-09-2010 |
20100282635 | Suspended Utensil Storage System and Method - A suspended utensil storage system includes a utensil tray including a plurality of utensil compartments having a mesh material therein; and a debris collector tray underlying the utensil tray and receiving the utensil tray. The mesh material of the utensil compartments of the utensil tray supports utensils and includes holes sized to allow debris to fall there through into the debris collector tray for collecting the debris. | 11-11-2010 |
20100282636 | MICROWAVEABLE NESTED TRAYS - One embodiment includes a package system containing a main container with a smaller container nested in it. The smaller container is filled with a secondary food item designed to be mixed into the primary food item. The smaller container is placed within the main container. The area of the main container not occupied by the smaller container includes a main food item. Both containers are sealed with one film. Before consumption, a consumer will place the package in a microwave to heat. Once heated, the smaller container is removed from the main container, creating space in the main container previously occupied by the smaller container. The main food item in the main container will re-position creating space between the top of the main food item to the edge of the main container. The secondary item can be added into the main container without overflowing out of the main container. | 11-11-2010 |
20100326878 | FLIP TRAY - A flip tray is provided that includes a transparent, compartmentalized container body and a flexible sealing sheet sealed to partition walls and to the peripheral rim of the compartmentalized container body. A raised rib is formed around the periphery of the container body outside the peripheral rim. Apertures, or reduced height portions, may be formed in the raised rib at selected locations around the periphery of the container body. In addition, the bottom surfaces of some of the compartments may be sloped. | 12-30-2010 |
20110083990 | Medication Carrier - A medication temporary storage and transporting carrier comprising a tray ( | 04-14-2011 |
20110127190 | Food Tray - In one aspect, the present invention provides a foldable food tray that includes first and second panels, each having upper and lower surfaces and inner, outer, and side edges. Each panel can also include one or more hinge members and one or more locking members. The hinge member(s) can be operatively coupled to one another to permit the first and second panels to move between a closed position and an open position. The locking member(s) can be configured to releasably lock the first and second panels in the open position, thereby preventing the first and second panels from inadvertently moving from the open position. | 06-02-2011 |
20110155627 | SHIPPING AND DISPLAY CONTAINER WITH ARTICLE SUPPORT - A one-piece tray for shipping and then displaying articles in an upright position at a point of sale has a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, and opposite side walls and is made of corrugated board having a bottom liner, a top liner, and a fluted medium. A plurality of grooves extend across the width of the bottom wall in a top surface thereof to engage bottom edges of articles standing upright in the tray and hold them in position as other articles are removed from the front of the tray. The grooves are formed by cuts made through the top liner and a portion of the medium and crushed areas extending along one side of each cut, forming a rearwardly facing abutment at each cut for engaging bottom edges of articles to prevent the bottom edges from sliding forward in the tray. | 06-30-2011 |
20110226661 | Meal Trays - Embodiments of the present invention provide stackable meal trays for use in transporting and heating meal casseroles in an induction oven. | 09-22-2011 |
20110247961 | CONTAINER FOR PACKAGING - This utility model regards trays or containers made from thermoplastic material for food packaging. | 10-13-2011 |
20110253588 | TRAY ASSEMBLY - A tray assembly includes at least one tray device. The at least one tray device includes an angled top wall and a sidewall connecting with the angled top wall. The angled top wall includes an upper surface defining a plurality of receiving portions. Each receiving portion is configured for receiving a lens holder. | 10-20-2011 |
20120273383 | TRAY FOR SUPPORTING CONTAINERS AND A BLANK FOR MAKING THE SAME - A blank for forming a tray includes a bottom panel, end panels, and side panels. A first divider panel assembly is defined within the bottom panel and an end panel. The first divider panel assembly includes an upper panel defined within the end panel and an inner panel defined within the bottom panel. The upper panel is configured to be at an angle to the bottom panel, and the inner panel is configured to be at an angle to the end panel in an erected configuration. A second divider panel assembly is defined within the bottom panel and a side panel. The second divider panel assembly includes an upper panel defined within the side panel and an inner panel is defined within the bottom panel. The panels of the second divider panel assembly are configured similarly to the panels of the first divider panel assembly in the erected configuration. | 11-01-2012 |
20120318705 | Compartmented Tray for Condiment Containers - A compartmented tray has an array of receptacle interconnected by a common top wall. The top wall has a peripheral flange which reinforces the tray, and the receptacles are all interconnected by troughs which further increase the tray's flexural stiffness. | 12-20-2012 |
20130087476 | Display Tray With Adjustable Compartments - The present invention is directed to a shipping and display tray a having a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, and a pair of opposed side walls foldably joined with one another for holding different products contained therein in an upright position at a point of sale. The shipping and display tray comprising a one-piece shallow tray having a plurality of different sizes of compartments each of which contains a different product size and count therein. Each of the plurality of different sizes of compartments includes an adjustable buffer configured to change the size of the compartment and to accommodate the different product size and count while maintaining a fixed perimeter or outside dimension of the one-piece shallow tray. | 04-11-2013 |
20130092593 | Table Pan and Pan Divider for Countertop - In a table pan counter, each counter is intended to hold discreet table pans. At least one of said table pans includes an essentially flat solid substantially rectilinear geometry having a major axis and a minor axis, an open top, and walls having major and minor axis-parallel interior and exterior surfaces, a pan having edges proportioned for conformal engagement with void spaces within the counter tops, each interior major surface of each pan provided with equidistantly spaced pairs of opposing channels within opposing respective major interior surfaces. Further provided are major axis separators having vertical side edges proportioned for complemental engagement within opposing channels within respective major interior surfaces. Food servings of like size and geometry are assured by the provision of the separators. Separators may also be provided along the minor axis of the pan, and may be formed of either wire-like or flat integral materials. | 04-18-2013 |
20140102940 | PORTABLE JAR HOLDER - A tray for holding canning jars comprising a plurality of wells arranged in a first row, second row and third row, each well comprising a bottom surface with ridges. The ridges in the first and third rows comprise an inner circle, two first opposing crescents, and two second opposing crescents. The ridges in the second row comprise a first semicircle and a second semicircle. The two first opposing crescents are situated opposite one another, and the two second opposing crescents are situated opposite one another on the bottom of the well and at a ninety-degree angle relative to the first opposing crescents. The first semicircle is situated opposite the second semicircle and is closer to the center of the bottom surface of the well than the second semicircle. | 04-17-2014 |
20140110302 | FOOD PACKAGE WITH SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD CONTAINER - A food tray comprising a side wall module, a lid and a bottom, where the bottom and the side wall module are held together in a detachable manner, where the bottom can be removed from the side wall module by the use of a removal means attached to the bottom, where the lid is attached to the upper rim of the food tray, where the tray further comprises a supplementary food container positioned in the tray, which is attached to the bottom in a detachable manner and which is fixedly attached to the lid of the food tray, and where the supplementary food container is opened when the bottom is removed from the side wall module. The advantage of the invention is that an additional food can be held separated from the rest of the food in a food tray but can be heated at the same time and that the supplementary food container is opened at the same time as the food tray is opened. | 04-24-2014 |
20140216979 | Insert for a Food Holding Tray - A removable insert for a food holding tray provides one or more compartments such that the compartments can become encapsulated environments, extending the time that a pre-cooked food item remains palatable to most people. | 08-07-2014 |